English
- decayed, rotten
- rotten
- rot, decay
- to decay; to rot; to degenerate; to corrode; to destroy
粵語
- 腐爛、敗壞
As a component in
Words containing 朽
- 不朽bat1 nau2
to last forever; eternal; enduring
- 腐朽fu6 nau2
rotten
- 枯朽fu1 nau2
withered and rotten
- 朽木nau2 muk6
rotten wood
- 朽爛nau2 laan6
rotten
- 朽壞nau2 waai6
rotten
- 朽敗nau2 baai6
decayed; rotten
- 衰朽seoi1 nau2
decaying
- 朽邁nau2 maai6
ageing
- 頹朽teoi4 nau2
decaying
- 永垂不朽wing5 seoi4 bat1 nau5
eternal glory
- 老朽lou5 nau2
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless
- 三不朽saam1 bat1 nau2
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
- 朽蠹nau2 dou3
to decay and be eaten by worms etc
- 化腐朽為神奇faa3 fu6 nau2 wai4 san4 kei4
lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
- 朽木糞土nau2 muk6 fan3 tou2
rotten wood and manure, to describe someone who is worthless with no contribution to the society
- 朽木不可雕nau2 muk6 bat1 ho2 diu1
lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom)
- 摧枯拉朽ceoi1 fu1 laai1 nau2
to describe something that can easily be destroyed as it is already in ruins
- 朽木不可雕也nau2 muk6 bat1 ho2 diu1 jaa5